http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/ Engadget Comments for Verizon's BlackBerry Pearl 8130 now available for pre-order http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
AT&T customer service sucks for sure, but their network coverage has finally caught up to the point that it's not much of an issue, while they continue to have the better phones much much sooner, not to mention the ability to easily swap out SIMs for hassle free upgrades without permission or fees from the mothership.
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Verizon let's you do an early upgrade on rate plans $59.99 or higher after a year. And I'm pretty sure most other providers also charge an upgrade fee, I know T-Mobile does, as does AT&T. Soo yeah. ]]>Nov 1st 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
FWIW Consumer Reports has consitantly rated VZW customer service #1 or #2.]]>Nov 1st 2007 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
Also, ATT has the worst signal (followed by T-mo) in my area. GSM phones simply NEVER get signal in my house. Sprint, Verizon, and Alltel get it fine. So not everyone has your signal experience.

Also, the SIM card swapping... as long as you're near a computer that has internet access, you can swap a Verizon phone over as easily as punching in the ESN and then dialing *228 then pressing 1 on the phone. No fees, 24 hours a day.

Get some details and take into account that not all the big areas in the US get the same signal as you.]]>Nov 19th 2007 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 19th 2007 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/You may order something, or you may place your name on a list before an item is open for ordering, but it is poor grammar to put PRE in front of verbs in this manner.
And don't tell me you had pre-approval, as that also is impossible.]]>Nov 2nd 2007 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
pro/cons of each would be great!

Thanks]]>Nov 1st 2007 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
The only company in the US that comes close is T-Mobile who actually is generally rated the best each year not Verizon. I'm jumping ship on Verizon soon as I get back and buying one of these unlocked nice phones hopefully htc upgraded touch with 3g if it comes out before I go back. Note to Verizon the rest of the world(and your parent company) uses gsm. Pull it together. The pearl was so last year why do you continue to offer old crap?? its time for the US to honestly shape up and stop thinking its the best at everything and clean up the telecom industry. It a crappy country like Singapore can have a legit phone company why can't the US.]]>Nov 1st 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
Email & Web for Blackberry
$29.99 a month gets you unlimited data.

Sure beats the shit out of the $44.99 plan everyone WITHOUT a Blackberry has to pay...

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NOTE:
This ONLY works if you are out of contract and eligible for New Every Two... if not, neither of the two discounts will appear online.

* BB Pearl Retail price = $299
* Before checkout, $100 discount will be applied automatically to price, new price = $199
* When selecting Blackberry data package, select "Blackberry Solution" (BES) package at $44.99/mo.
* At checkout you should now see an "Advance Device Credit" of $100, new price = $99

When you receive the phone, immediately call Verizon and have them switch your data plan to "Email and Web for Blackberry at $29.99/mo.

Final price including tax and free shipping comes to $104.99!

Enjoy.
-s]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
The Sprint version was already launched down here (South Florida) i think.]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
NOTE:
This ONLY works if you are out of contract and eligible for New Every Two… if not, neither of the two discounts will appear online.

* BB Pearl Retail price = $299
* Before checkout, $100 discount will be applied automatically to price, new price = $199
* When selecting Blackberry data package, select “Blackberry Solution” (BES) package at $44.99/mo.
* At checkout you should now see an “Advance Device Credit” of $100, new price = $99

When you receive the phone, immediately call Verizon and have them switch your data plan to “Email and Web for Blackberry" at $29.99/mo.

Final price including tax and free shipping comes to $104.99!

Enjoy.
-s

]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
NOTE:
This ONLY works if you are out of contract and eligible for New Every Two… if not, neither of the two discounts will appear online.

* BB Pearl Retail price = $299
* Before checkout, $100 discount will be applied automatically to price, new price = $199
* When selecting Blackberry data package, select “Blackberry Solution” (BES) package at $44.99/mo.
* At checkout you should now see an “Advance Device Credit” of $100, new price = $99

When you receive the phone, immediately call Verizon and have them switch your data plan to “Email and Web for Blackberry" at $29.99/mo.

Final price including tax and free shipping comes to $104.99!

Enjoy.
-s

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"The BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8130 supports the following Bluetooth profiles: Headset, Hands–free, Serial Port. It does not support object exchange (OBEX) profiles."]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/Nov 1st 2007 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/verizons-blackberry-pearl-8130-now-available-for-pre-order/
Small modern countries will always be "ahead" in cellular infrastructure because their populations insist on it and it costs less to update small areas. ]]>Dec 31st 2007 9:26AM